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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad... Balloon?

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

First Line: Woof Woof Woof

Synopsis: Percy Puss cowers when Little Roquefort ties a balloon painted to look like a bulldog to the cat's tail.

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A Helping Hand

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Sourpuss; Gandy Goose; old lady

First Line: What are you reading, Sourpuss?

Synopsis: Bent on doing a good deed, Sourpuss tries helping an old lady across the street.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Black and white on inside front cover.

The Home-Made Barber

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

First Line: Ah! Here's an advertisement for a home barber's kit!

Synopsis: Little Roquefort tests out his new home barber's kit on Percy Puss. ...Pity poor Percy.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Aside from the expected barbering implements and white barber's smock, the package of Roquefort's "barber's apparel" includes a fake Italian moustache, eyebrows, and side-hair, as per the type of barber one would find in 1950s-1960s New York.

The Valiant Duck

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; various hens and chicks; Vincent Vulture; Farmer Gray

First Line: I wonder what's going on?

Synopsis: Vincent Vulture exploits Dinky's sadness over being excluded from a chickens' party.

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The Check-Up

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Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero

Character(s): Mighty Mouse; cat

First Line: Hm-m I never noticed that sign before.

Synopsis: Mighty Mouse undergoes a physical check-up by a doctor who is really a cat in disguise. His mighty reflexes save the day.

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Love Thy Neighbor

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss

First Line: Br-r-r! It's freezing c-cold in here! I've got to get me a heating system!

Synopsis: Percy once again fails to catch Roquefort and makes a mess of the house in the process. The mistress throws Percy out, and replaces him with a fierce bulldog who scares Roquefort out of the house. Now both homeless, Roquefort and Percy conspire to get rid of the dog.

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Rudy's Energy

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Farmer Gray

First Line: "Why, oh why, are you so lazy?" asked Dinky as he busied himself with a broom, but couldn't help looking at Rudy who lay face down on the couch, tracing a drawing with his finger in some dust on the floor.

Synopsis: Lazy Rudy unknowingly takes a full package of "Super-Vitamin Horse Pills" intended for Farmer Gray's horse, and is suddenly full of pep.

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Rudy's Donation

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Dinky Duck; Rudy Rooster; Miss Leghorn

First Line: Rudy, our club needs donations to buy new books!

Synopsis: Dinky employs his sexy teacher Miss Leghorn to obtain a generous book club donation from cheapskate Rudy Rooster.

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A Tall Tale

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Uncle Willie Walrus

Character(s): Uncle Willie Walrus; two baby-bonneted little walruses, swordfish

First Line: Tell us a story, Uncle Willie!

Synopsis: Uncle Willie Walrus tells the kids a story about "how dumb a sword fish is", unaware that a swordfish is listening intently to every word. Poor Willie.

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Notes: This may be the only comic book appearance of "Uncle Willie Walrus". There are no other indexes for the character at GCD as of July, 2021.

This may also be a case of character confusion, as there was a Terrytoons character named "Willie Walrus" who stared in two of Paul Terry’s animated shorts: “Arctic Rivals” (1954) and “An Igloo for Two” (1955). However, this "Willie Walrus" was a shy little guy, while "Uncle Willie Walrus" was a large blowhard, as depicted in this comic book story – and (with a different name) in the two animated shorts.

The animated version of the larger character was named "Walter Walrus" and, with a girl-seal named “Susie”, their dynamic in “Arctic Rivals” was not unlike that of Homer Pigeon, Carrie Pigeon, and Red Cardinal in their regular series in Dell Comics’ Walter Lantz New Funnies. In “An Igloo for Two”, Willie and Walter were the same characters but the object of their affections was a diminutive mermaid.

The character appearing in this comic story (…and, perhaps *only* in this comic story) has the physical appearance and blowhard personality of "Walter Walrus" of the animated shorts, but the name of "Willie Walrus" [or "Uncle Willie Walrus"] of the shorts.

Slap-Happy Hypnotists

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Little Roquefort; Percy Puss; Little Roquefort's cousin; Little Roquefort's father; other Roquefort family members; gang of alley cats; various human neighbors; donkey; pig; two roosters; two goldfish; canary

First Line: We're at it again!

Synopsis: Roquefort and Percy simultaneously hypnotize one another. According to the book they both read to learn hypnotism "When two persons hypnotize each other at the same time, their personalities exchange." Roquefort's brain and personality is in Percy's body, and vice-versa. This switch causes trouble among Roquefort's family and Percy's alley cat friends, eventually spreading into a citywide riot among humans with even far away farm animals, bowled-goldfish, and a lone canary getting into the act.

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Pages: 8

Notes: A tale of mass-madness in the Tyer tradition. Some of the far-flung hysteria is described as follows: "The goldfish kicked each other in the fins, as they have no shins. The [lone caged] canary got mad, but had no one to fight with." Tyer draws a canary just thrashing about in its cage, all by itself.

More Trouble

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Heckle; Jeckle; Police Chief; Hildegarde (Police Chief's wife)

First Line: Why does the Chief dislike us?

Synopsis: In drag, Heckle and Jeckle flirt with the Police Chief.

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Notes: Black and white on inside back cover.

Complete 15 Piece "Broncho Buster" Cowboy Outfit All for $1.98

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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart

Character(s): Boy dressed as cowboy, girl dressed as cowgirl

First Line: Assemble it yourself - Takes only 12 minutes - Save paying up to $5 & $10

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Notes: Ad offering cowboy and cowgirl outfits with lots of prop equipment - mask, neckerchief, arm cuffs, vest, sheriff's badge, chaps, rope, two six-shooter guns, two holsters and cowboy boot tops. "You get this at no extra cost! Famous Clicker Repeating Six Shooter Gun. Clicks noisily as it shoots. Looks real! Provides plenty of action." Color ad on back cover.